"Does this face look like it's been to the fountain of youth?"
Captain Jack Sparrow is back again in his fourth major motion picture. This go around he's after the famous and ever mysterious Ponce de Leons' Fountain of Youth.
In Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) sets out to break his beloved friend and usual first mate Gibbs (Kevin McNally) out of prison in London, England. The opening scene is quite funny seeing the heist Sparrow thinks he pulls off. He ends up gaining an audience with the King of England himself, King George, played by Richard Griffiths. For all you Harry Potter fans out there, Griffiths also plays Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films. At this said meeting he finds out Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) has made somewhat of a decent man of himself. The king has enlisted Barbossa to hunt down the fountain of youth with his own crew of royal sailors. Jack escapes the clutches of the king only to find his father, played by Rolling Stoneslegend Keith Richards, who gives him a few crucial pointers for Jack's quest for the fountain. Jack runs into an old bride-to-be Angelica (Penelope Cruz) and captured and forced to be a crew mate on her ship captained by none other than Captain Blackbeard himself (Ian McShane). Jack also learns that Angelica is actually Blackbeards very own daughter! Barbossa's crew and Blackbeard's crew aren't the only ones traveling ever so closer to the fountain. The Spaniards are also after their countryman Ponce de Leon's fountain of youth. The journey that follows is full of twists and turns but who in the end shall win the right to drink from the eternal fountain of youth?
I was alright with this film. It's definitely not my favorite of the Pirates franchise. Depp's character of Jack Sparrow is still the same whimsical, sly pirate as usual but I didn't find myself laughing quite as much this go around. The plot is much easier to follow than before. It's simply a ton a people seeking the fountain of youth but all for much different reasons. I gave 3D another chance by seeing this film in 3D. It was just okay at best. I feel like the 3D effect just gives me a headache and makes it harder for my to be drawn into the film. I would suggest if you see this film, see it in the regular digital format. I thought Geoffrey Rush and Ian McShane did a wonderful job in their roles as Barbossa and Blackbeard, respectively. Penelope Cruz was just decent. I wasn't that impressed with her acting chops in this film. She is quite pretty to look at but I would have much rather had Keira Knightley back due to the fact that she is also quite pretty but I believe her to have better acting skills. Director Rob Marshall (director of Chicago) did a pretty decent job from switching platforms from directing a musical to directing a family action film. The filming locations chosen were very nicely picked. It gave a very cool feel to the film but then again, each of the three previous films have that same feel in regards to the setting.
In the end, I wasn't that overly impressed with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. It would still be a fun movie for the whole family to see, but definitely not the top film from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
Captain Jack Sparrow is back again in his fourth major motion picture. This go around he's after the famous and ever mysterious Ponce de Leons' Fountain of Youth.
In Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) sets out to break his beloved friend and usual first mate Gibbs (Kevin McNally) out of prison in London, England. The opening scene is quite funny seeing the heist Sparrow thinks he pulls off. He ends up gaining an audience with the King of England himself, King George, played by Richard Griffiths. For all you Harry Potter fans out there, Griffiths also plays Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films. At this said meeting he finds out Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) has made somewhat of a decent man of himself. The king has enlisted Barbossa to hunt down the fountain of youth with his own crew of royal sailors. Jack escapes the clutches of the king only to find his father, played by Rolling Stoneslegend Keith Richards, who gives him a few crucial pointers for Jack's quest for the fountain. Jack runs into an old bride-to-be Angelica (Penelope Cruz) and captured and forced to be a crew mate on her ship captained by none other than Captain Blackbeard himself (Ian McShane). Jack also learns that Angelica is actually Blackbeards very own daughter! Barbossa's crew and Blackbeard's crew aren't the only ones traveling ever so closer to the fountain. The Spaniards are also after their countryman Ponce de Leon's fountain of youth. The journey that follows is full of twists and turns but who in the end shall win the right to drink from the eternal fountain of youth?
I was alright with this film. It's definitely not my favorite of the Pirates franchise. Depp's character of Jack Sparrow is still the same whimsical, sly pirate as usual but I didn't find myself laughing quite as much this go around. The plot is much easier to follow than before. It's simply a ton a people seeking the fountain of youth but all for much different reasons. I gave 3D another chance by seeing this film in 3D. It was just okay at best. I feel like the 3D effect just gives me a headache and makes it harder for my to be drawn into the film. I would suggest if you see this film, see it in the regular digital format. I thought Geoffrey Rush and Ian McShane did a wonderful job in their roles as Barbossa and Blackbeard, respectively. Penelope Cruz was just decent. I wasn't that impressed with her acting chops in this film. She is quite pretty to look at but I would have much rather had Keira Knightley back due to the fact that she is also quite pretty but I believe her to have better acting skills. Director Rob Marshall (director of Chicago) did a pretty decent job from switching platforms from directing a musical to directing a family action film. The filming locations chosen were very nicely picked. It gave a very cool feel to the film but then again, each of the three previous films have that same feel in regards to the setting.
In the end, I wasn't that overly impressed with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. It would still be a fun movie for the whole family to see, but definitely not the top film from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
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